Stephen Cobb
@scobb.net
Researcher of tech risk, AI, cybercrime, ethics. MSc. CISSP. He/him. Partner of amazing Chey. Carer. NHS volunteer. Coventrian. UK/US citizen. #FBPE. Pro truth, gender equity. Agin Trump, Musk, Tories. There be cats. Profile=Lola+Me. linktr.ee/StephenCobb
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Stephen Cobb
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Cybercrime & Health
Content related to cybercrime's impact on human health and why online is a high crime neighborhood, part of the digital exposome
scobbs.blogspot.com
If you're new to me and/or Bluesky, here's the kind of work I do: Explain the risks posed by technology, like the way that going online harms human health. But I try to make my first post of the day a cat or sky or tree pic. #CyberSecurity #CyberCrime #Caturday #Cats #AI #TechEthics #StaySayOnline
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
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Before ACA, many Americans couldn’t afford insurance
Alex Smith was a diabetic who got kicked off his Mom’s insurance at 26
He made 35k a year which was “too much” for Medicaid, but not nearly enough to cover insurance premiums
He had to ration his insulin & died a month after losing insurance
Alex Smith was a diabetic who got kicked off his Mom’s insurance at 26
He made 35k a year which was “too much” for Medicaid, but not nearly enough to cover insurance premiums
He had to ration his insulin & died a month after losing insurance
Insulin's High Cost Leads To Lethal Rationing
Alec Raeshawn Smith was 23 when diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes and 26 when he died. He couldn't afford $1,300 per month for his insulin and other diabetes supplies, so he tried to stretch the doses.
www.npr.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Before ACA, many Americans couldn’t afford insurance
Alex Smith was a diabetic who got kicked off his Mom’s insurance at 26
He made 35k a year which was “too much” for Medicaid, but not nearly enough to cover insurance premiums
He had to ration his insulin & died a month after losing insurance
Alex Smith was a diabetic who got kicked off his Mom’s insurance at 26
He made 35k a year which was “too much” for Medicaid, but not nearly enough to cover insurance premiums
He had to ration his insulin & died a month after losing insurance
US index of consumer sentiment about current conditions just dropped to 52.3%, down nearly 11% from last month LOWEST IN ITS HISTORY. And the measure of future expectations fell to 49.0, down 2.6% in one month. Basically, under Trump, US consumers are now 36% less hopeful than under Biden.
Consumer sentiment nears lowest level ever as worries build over shutdown
A University of Michigan sentiment survey showed a decline of 6.2% on the month and about 30% from a year ago.
www.cnbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
US index of consumer sentiment about current conditions just dropped to 52.3%, down nearly 11% from last month LOWEST IN ITS HISTORY. And the measure of future expectations fell to 49.0, down 2.6% in one month. Basically, under Trump, US consumers are now 36% less hopeful than under Biden.
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So your system has only destroyed value, but it did manage to skim off enough to make rich people even richer while poor people can't afford to eat. Capitalism isn't really a system to create value, it's a system to transfer value from the poor to the rich. And that's your BEST example.
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
So your system has only destroyed value, but it did manage to skim off enough to make rich people even richer while poor people can't afford to eat. Capitalism isn't really a system to create value, it's a system to transfer value from the poor to the rich. And that's your BEST example.
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literally you
November 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
literally you
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Great read!
'ANTIFA'-affiliated means nothing legally.
This is related to July shooting at a Detention Center in TX.
Of 14 charged, 12 were for ancillary activity.
Hyped up dog and pony show. Of course we can expect Trash Patel to make a mountain out of a mole hill.
'ANTIFA'-affiliated means nothing legally.
This is related to July shooting at a Detention Center in TX.
Of 14 charged, 12 were for ancillary activity.
Hyped up dog and pony show. Of course we can expect Trash Patel to make a mountain out of a mole hill.
FBI Director Kash Patel announced that for the first time ever, the Bureau had indicted 'Antifa-aligned' individuals.
@ericcolumbus.bsky.social digs into the charges to understand the administration's efforts to target its ideological adversaries.
@ericcolumbus.bsky.social digs into the charges to understand the administration's efforts to target its ideological adversaries.
What’s Up With the Terror Indictment Against Alleged Antifa Members?
The Justice Department’s tacked-on charges are just for show. The larger plan is not.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Great read!
'ANTIFA'-affiliated means nothing legally.
This is related to July shooting at a Detention Center in TX.
Of 14 charged, 12 were for ancillary activity.
Hyped up dog and pony show. Of course we can expect Trash Patel to make a mountain out of a mole hill.
'ANTIFA'-affiliated means nothing legally.
This is related to July shooting at a Detention Center in TX.
Of 14 charged, 12 were for ancillary activity.
Hyped up dog and pony show. Of course we can expect Trash Patel to make a mountain out of a mole hill.
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Sunset Cliffs
San Diego, California
Take a moment to listen and feel the light.
Look out at the horizon and let the wind open your heart.
The waves sing of stillness, reminding you to trust the journey.
Let the day unfold like water finding its way.
#photography #sandiego #California #beach
San Diego, California
Take a moment to listen and feel the light.
Look out at the horizon and let the wind open your heart.
The waves sing of stillness, reminding you to trust the journey.
Let the day unfold like water finding its way.
#photography #sandiego #California #beach
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Sunset Cliffs
San Diego, California
Take a moment to listen and feel the light.
Look out at the horizon and let the wind open your heart.
The waves sing of stillness, reminding you to trust the journey.
Let the day unfold like water finding its way.
#photography #sandiego #California #beach
San Diego, California
Take a moment to listen and feel the light.
Look out at the horizon and let the wind open your heart.
The waves sing of stillness, reminding you to trust the journey.
Let the day unfold like water finding its way.
#photography #sandiego #California #beach
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To the 8 senators who voted to give up the only leverage they had and trust the GOP:
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
To the 8 senators who voted to give up the only leverage they had and trust the GOP:
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This isn't working, what am I doing wrong?!
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This isn't working, what am I doing wrong?!
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A vile country isn't a country that can't feed its children, a vile country is a country that *won't* feed its children.
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A vile country isn't a country that can't feed its children, a vile country is a country that *won't* feed its children.
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Here's one for my #MossyMonday crew! May the #Moss be with you💚🌿🌲🌿💚
"Trees have long thoughts, long-breathing and restful, just as they have longer lives than ours. They are wiser than we are, as long as we do not listen to them"
- Herman Hesse
#green #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #ALTpoetry
"Trees have long thoughts, long-breathing and restful, just as they have longer lives than ours. They are wiser than we are, as long as we do not listen to them"
- Herman Hesse
#green #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #ALTpoetry
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Here's one for my #MossyMonday crew! May the #Moss be with you💚🌿🌲🌿💚
"Trees have long thoughts, long-breathing and restful, just as they have longer lives than ours. They are wiser than we are, as long as we do not listen to them"
- Herman Hesse
#green #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #ALTpoetry
"Trees have long thoughts, long-breathing and restful, just as they have longer lives than ours. They are wiser than we are, as long as we do not listen to them"
- Herman Hesse
#green #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #ALTpoetry
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🔴The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK's infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could 'politicise' our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
🔴The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
This does not bode well for Starmer’s digital identity plans.
Home Office eVisa failures leave thousands 'unable to work or leave UK'
Foreign nationals have been wrongly charged for NHS treatment and incorrectly informed they've received refugee status, according to campaigners
inews.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
This does not bode well for Starmer’s digital identity plans.
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look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
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My current healthcare premium with ACA Marketplace Insurance is $358 per month.
In 2026, without the healthcare subsidy it will be $1271.84 per month.
As I write this I am literally crying because I don’t know what I am going to do.
The stress of it is really starting to affect me.
In 2026, without the healthcare subsidy it will be $1271.84 per month.
As I write this I am literally crying because I don’t know what I am going to do.
The stress of it is really starting to affect me.
November 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
My current healthcare premium with ACA Marketplace Insurance is $358 per month.
In 2026, without the healthcare subsidy it will be $1271.84 per month.
As I write this I am literally crying because I don’t know what I am going to do.
The stress of it is really starting to affect me.
In 2026, without the healthcare subsidy it will be $1271.84 per month.
As I write this I am literally crying because I don’t know what I am going to do.
The stress of it is really starting to affect me.
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This short documentary is absolutely gut-wrenching to watch. Children are starving to death due to USAID cuts that were made in our name. I can’t imagine any of my fellow Americans supporting this devastation. Meanwhile, Elon Musk gets a $1 trillion pay package approved by Tesla.
No other agency of the U.S. government has saved more lives per dollar than U.S.A.I.D.—it supplied medicine, food, and staffing for some of the most desperate and vulnerable. A new short documentary shows the impact of its dismantling. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/2a5Jm5
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This short documentary is absolutely gut-wrenching to watch. Children are starving to death due to USAID cuts that were made in our name. I can’t imagine any of my fellow Americans supporting this devastation. Meanwhile, Elon Musk gets a $1 trillion pay package approved by Tesla.
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Seriously? He has no idea how insurance works or how to govern. I’ll never get over 77 million people thinking a man this incompetent belongs anywhere near the Oval Office.
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Seriously? He has no idea how insurance works or how to govern. I’ll never get over 77 million people thinking a man this incompetent belongs anywhere near the Oval Office.
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Kristi Noem ordered ICE to purchase ten Spirit Airlines jets for deportations. Two problems: Spirit doesn’t own the planes, and they don’t have engines. Has there ever been a more incompetent administration?
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Noem wanted to buy Spirit Airlines planes - except the airline didn’t own them
DHS looked at buying the planes from Spirit Airlines, according to a report
www.the-independent.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Kristi Noem ordered ICE to purchase ten Spirit Airlines jets for deportations. Two problems: Spirit doesn’t own the planes, and they don’t have engines. Has there ever been a more incompetent administration?
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
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Why can't this shit happen to me?
Man digging a swimming pool in his garden in France discovers gold worth $800,000
The man informed the local authorities after he made the discovery, and they allowed him to keep the gold.
www.cbsnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Why can't this shit happen to me?
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'Het is makkelijker om een kinderwens uit het hoofd te praten, dan een hele samenleving over te halen om armoedig te gaan leven.' Onderzoeker Karin Kuhlemann ziet maar één oplossing voor minder schade aan de aarde en dat is minder kinderen krijgen. Kijk deel 3 van #OverBevolking youtu.be/KRMi_OSVp4c
August 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
'Het is makkelijker om een kinderwens uit het hoofd te praten, dan een hele samenleving over te halen om armoedig te gaan leven.' Onderzoeker Karin Kuhlemann ziet maar één oplossing voor minder schade aan de aarde en dat is minder kinderen krijgen. Kijk deel 3 van #OverBevolking youtu.be/KRMi_OSVp4c
My mate Will wrote a very funny book. Lots of people give it 5 star reviews, saying:
Very creative and entertaining
Consequences is a brilliant read
Dr Who, but with gags
Clever & funny
An unusual funny clever time-travel book
Smart, a real page-turner
Great Christmas present!
(UK link in replies)
Very creative and entertaining
Consequences is a brilliant read
Dr Who, but with gags
Clever & funny
An unusual funny clever time-travel book
Smart, a real page-turner
Great Christmas present!
(UK link in replies)
Consequences
Amazon.com: Consequences: 9781917399357: Smith, Martin, Adams, Will: Books
www.amazon.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
My mate Will wrote a very funny book. Lots of people give it 5 star reviews, saying:
Very creative and entertaining
Consequences is a brilliant read
Dr Who, but with gags
Clever & funny
An unusual funny clever time-travel book
Smart, a real page-turner
Great Christmas present!
(UK link in replies)
Very creative and entertaining
Consequences is a brilliant read
Dr Who, but with gags
Clever & funny
An unusual funny clever time-travel book
Smart, a real page-turner
Great Christmas present!
(UK link in replies)
A great read for #Sagaciday and #SentientSunday: this prescient 2018 essay on existential risks, global catastrophic risks, and what they mean for making babies: "Complexity, creeping normalcy and conceit: Sexy and unsexy catastrophic risks" by Karin Kuhleman. Very insightful 💡💡💡💡💡
economy4humanity.org
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
A great read for #Sagaciday and #SentientSunday: this prescient 2018 essay on existential risks, global catastrophic risks, and what they mean for making babies: "Complexity, creeping normalcy and conceit: Sexy and unsexy catastrophic risks" by Karin Kuhleman. Very insightful 💡💡💡💡💡